And where the crisis of the middle-aged has become a comedian's cliche, Mr. Miller perceives it within the framework of a money- and status-obsessed society that creates its own pressures, threatens individual dignity and thrives on such paradoxes as extolling the bond of the family, while tearing it apart.

This is partly because bigness threatens individual dignity and freedom.

"Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself."

Not only is life re-evaluated at an absolute premium, but self-identity is honed through enabling others and through resistance to an institutional existence which threatens individuality and human dignity.

Albay Governor Joey Salceda renewed calls to boycott goods made in China to send a signal that the Filipinos are united when a foreign power threatens the country's territorial integrity and national dignity.

In its broadest terms, it says the church "will not tolerate the crime and violence that threatens the lives and dignity of our sisters and brothers, and we will not give up on those who have lost their way.

He did say that "policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself".

It can be the best of times, but we need to be vigilant that it is not the worst of times too at the hands of those who use these services, not to enable and to enrich but to exploit, degrade and to threaten human dignity.